O Naughty Child..! [ Part- 9 ]
[ Part-9 ]
The moment the screaming creak
Of the old trunk waves out
As if in pain
You are on your twos
To the spot exact
And sit cross-legged
And wide-eyed
With a really innocent look!
O.. how disciplined and harmless
You sit beside!
A real treat to watch!
Yet so many 'whys '
Flit across my mind!
Though on guard
Assure myself-
' Perhaps no mischief now! '
How many moments
Could you tether your traits?
How can one insulate
One's intrinsic instincts?
Impossible to restrain
Your searching hands-
Alike elephant's
Ever probing trunk-
Pull this and that
And shuffle all -
Alike brisk ants
Your eyes rove everywhere-
You persistently ask-
What is this?
What is that? -
A thousand questions
In thousand ways
Eagerly expecting
Patient replies!
I reach my patience end
Egged on by the pain
Of your queries' stings
I slump into the slush of anger;
Kannaa, my dear!
None likes your presence
In the midst of his works;
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poem by Sundaram Chandrakalaadhar
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